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Our Masonry WorkChimneys, fireplaces, stone and brick, photographed on the job

Photos from real jobs. New chimneys going up, old joints raked out and repointed, and stone set for entrances, patios, steps and walls.

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Chimneys Fireplaces Wood stoves Entrances Patios Steps Stone walls Brick and block Foundations Stone houses The crew

Chimneys

Chimneys built and repointed

Two masons on scaffolding finishing the top of a block chimney — Building the chimney stack

Log cabin room with a stone and brick chimney stack, hewn beams and wide plank floors — Log cabin chimney

Tall block chimney inside pipe scaffolding rising above a new home's framing — New chimney going up

Tall block chimney with a brick section wrapped in scaffolding inside a new home being framed — Tall chimney build

Tall white stucco chimney with a black cap on the end of a block cottage, with a work truck in front — Stucco chimney and cap

Block chimney in scaffolding rising above the wood framing of a new home under a bright sky — Chimney above the framing

Stone and brick chimney stack on a log wall with worn mortar joints before repointing — Chimney before repointing

Stone and brick chimney stack on a log wall with fresh mortar joints after repointing — Chimney after repointing

White stucco chimney with a brick band and black cap on a white cottage in summer shade — Finished stucco chimney

Repointed stone base of a brick chimney stack in the corner of a log cabin room — Repointed stone chimney base

Looking up a repointed stone chimney stack beside a log wall as sunlight streams through a window — Chimney stack in morning light

Two masons on scaffolding at the top of a tall block chimney — Topping out a chimney

Fresh tan mortar joints pointed into the stone base of a chimney — Fresh pointing on chimney base

Gray limestone chimney wall with a stovepipe thimble and open mortar joints before repointing — Limestone chimney before repointing

Gray limestone chimney wall with a stovepipe thimble and fresh tan mortar joints — Limestone chimney repointed

Repointed gray limestone chimney stack seen through an old painted doorway — Repointed limestone chimney

Chimney building and repair

Fireplaces

Fireplaces and fireboxes

Stone fireplace and chimney mid build with an arched firebox opening, stone and tools on the floor — Fireplace going up

Finished fieldstone fireplace with a rough timber mantel, arched brick firebox and stone hearth bench — Stone fireplace with timber mantel

Stone fireplace and chimney rising to a timber beam ceiling between two tall windows — Stone fireplace to the ceiling

Close view of a stone fireplace with a wood mantel, iron doors and a raised stone hearth — Raised stone hearth

Outdoor stone fireplace with a timber mantel and iron doors set on a flagstone patio — Outdoor fireplace and flagstone

Stone fireplace on a covered porch with an arched firebrick firebox, timber mantel and bluestone hearth — Covered porch stone fireplace

Angled view of a porch stone fireplace with a raised stone base and a bluestone hearth cap — Porch fireplace and bluestone hearth

Stone fireplace with an arched firebox, timber mantel and raised stone hearth in a new home — Arched stone fireplace

Full height stone chimney and fireplace rising to a cathedral ceiling in a new home — Stone chimney to the ridge

The same stone fireplace and chimney seen from the loft, between two pairs of French doors — Fireplace from the loft

Whitewashed stone fireplace holding a wood stove, with a tarp over the floor before repointing — Fireplace before repointing

Cleaned and repointed stone fireplace in a log cabin with a wood stove set in the firebox — Fireplace after repointing

New fireplace firebox lined with buff firebrick under courses of red brick, set into a framed wall — New firebrick firebox

New firebrick firebox on a concrete block base with a wooden arch form on top — Building a firebrick firebox

Firebox under construction with angled buff firebrick walls between block sides in a framed new home — Building the firebox

Firebrick firebox lining laid inside a concrete block chimney base — Firebrick firebox lining

Wood stoves

Stone wood stove surrounds

Natural stone surround behind a black wood stove — Stone wood stove surround

Stone stove alcove with the stovepipe entering the stone wall — Stone stove alcove

Fireplaces and stoves

Entrances

Stone entrances, pillars and piers

Cut stone arched entrance with wood double doors and an arched window above — Stone arched entrance

Stone entrance pillars topped with lanterns on each side of a metal driveway gate — Stone entrance pillars

Stone mailbox pier by the road with matching stone gate pillars down a tree shaded farm drive — Stone mailbox and gate pillars

Stone piers with black metal railings along a walkway beside a low stone wall — Stone piers with railing

Squared stone pillar going up in a dug out work area marked off with caution tape — Stone pillar going up

Stone entranceways and pillars

Patios

Brick and stone patios

Large flagstone patio behind a stone house with a green metal roof — Flagstone patio

Irregular flagstone patio with a low stone wall along the edge — Flagstone patio and stone wall

Stone ringed fire pit surrounded by curved dry stacked stone seat walls and timber benches — Fire pit and seat walls

Herringbone brick courtyard between two buildings beside a stone lined water channel — Herringbone brick courtyard

Wide view of a herringbone brick courtyard in front of a historic building — Brick courtyard

Flagstone walkway leading to the covered porch of a stone house — Flagstone walkway to the porch

Herringbone brick walkway with an iron railing running along a stone water channel — Brick walkway and railing

Flagstone patio with a stone seat wall outside French doors under a timber pergola — Flagstone patio

Paver patio with engraved red bricks and a red brick border in front of French doors — Engraved brick paver patio

Stone patio being laid along the back of a house, with a gravel base ready for the rest — Stone patio install

Brick and stone patios

Steps

Stone steps

Stone house with a flagstone walk, stone steps to the front door and a dry laid stone border — Flagstone walk and steps

Mini excavator working on the old stone steps in front of a log cabin in the woods — Stone steps rebuild

Finished steps of large flat stones and a low stone wall leading up to a log cabin porch — New stone steps and wall

Stone walls

Stone walls cleaned and repointed

Old interior stone wall after blast cleaning with the blast pot on the floor — Blast cleaned stone wall

Freshly repointed stone walls meeting at a corner inside an old house — Repointed stone alcove

Interior stone walls of an old house after cleaning and repointing — Restored interior stone walls

Stone and brick walls

Brick and block

Brick and block restoration

Historic white painted brick building with new brick arches over the windows and scaffolding on one side — Historic brick restoration

Four tall windows on a historic white brick building, each topped with a rebuilt red brick arch — Rebuilt window arches

Scaffolding against a historic white brick facade with rebuilt brick arches over the windows — Arch work on scaffold

Rebuilt brick arch over a boarded window on a historic white painted brick building — Brick arch rebuild

New red brick toothed into an old white painted brick wall below a decorative wreath — Brick wall repair

Red brick rebuilt around a boarded opening and a glass block window on an old white painted brick building — Brick opening repairs

Wall section rebuilt in red brick around a new wood door and a glass block window — Rebuilt brick wall

Painted block barn with a curved green roof and scaffolding set up for repointing — Repointing a block barn

Masons grinding out old mortar joints on a painted block barn wall — Grinding out old joints

Stone and brick walls

Foundations

Stone foundation repair

Trench dug along the corner of a log home exposing its stone foundation, with a string line set — Digging out the foundation

Limestone rubble foundation wall in a crawlspace with a loose stone at its base — Crawlspace foundation wall

Crumbling stone foundation under rotted sills and old stair stringers at the base of a log home — Foundation before repair

Stone foundation exposed under a log wall with the floor opened and a rotted sill log at left — Sill and foundation repair

Mason lying on moving blankets in a tight crawlspace, working on the stone foundation by work light — Mason at work in crawlspace

Stone and brick walls

Stone houses

Historic stone house work

Side of a stone house with fieldstone walls and a stone planter wall at the base — Stone house walls

Two story fieldstone house with a covered porch and a stone gable end — Stone house and porch

Historic fieldstone house under restoration with scaffolding across the front and a new metal roof — Stone house restoration

Fresh concrete porch slab on a fieldstone foundation wall beside a historic stone house — Stone porch foundation

Stone and brick walls

The crew

On the job

Three masons raking out old mortar from a stone wall inside an old house — Raking out old mortar

Mason in a protective hood blast cleaning an old stone wall — Blast cleaning old stone

Two crew members haul old boards and siding away from a historic stone house wrapped in scaffolding — Crew at the stone house

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